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Due to the strained relations that India has with its neighbouring countries and the growth of the uncertainty worldwide created by international terrorism, the Indian government has been investing heavily in upgrading its defence capabilities in recent times. Currently, India is one of the top...

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Indian Armed Forces are poised for major modernisation in the next fifteen years. This process would involve upgrades of hardware and systems as well as purchase of new state of art equipment to enable them meet the security challenges in the coming decades; the volumes are high and the financial outlays large.

Self-reliance in Defence is of vital importance for both strategic and economic reasons and has therefore been an important guiding principle for the Indian Government since Independence. Accordingly, Government have, over the years assiduously built up capabilities in Defence R&D, Ordnance factories and Defence PSUs to provide national armed forces with weapons/ ammunition/ equipment/ platforms and systems that they need for the defence of the country.